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from Peking, and the Tsugli Yamen cannot apparently be brought to take the matter up seriously.

4. When Sir Claude MacDonald was passing through Hong Kong on the 15th instant I met him and the Governor of Hong Kong (Sir Henry Blake) in conference on this subject, and we concurred in a telegram, sent by the

Governor to the Colonial Office as the result of the

Conference, that effective mesures should be taken against the pirates, specially with reference to this case, and a reply is awaited.

For Great Britain to effectually patrol the river many shallow-draught Gunboats will be required if undertaken by the Navy, but it could in my opinion be better done by the establishment of a system of Water

Police with stations on the river, and armed launches, controlled by the Head of the Police of Hong Kong. There ere at Whampoa several Chinese Torpedo Boats which usually lie idle, but which might be most useful in patrolling the Wegt, River.

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